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Ryan thanks so much for the show. Those are some real nice lithics
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cgode wrote:
wow, gorgeous lithics Ryan and beautifully crafted artifacts to boot! I see you took those pics in the daylight.....your not still in the dark are you? :laugh:
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Good one Twoshovel looks like Candy for sure!
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The two white ones at the top are Basket Maker Culture items and are made of Chalcedony.
Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of the minerals quartz and moganite.These are both silica minerals, but they differ in that quartz has a trigonal crystal structure, while moganite is monoclinic. Chalcedony has a waxy luster, and may be semitransparent or translucent. It can assume a wide range of colors, but those most commonly seen are white to gray, grayish-blue or a shade of brown ranging from pale to nearly black.
The others look made of Agate -and- Chert.
Jack
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